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 2012 Community Survey State of Hawai’i 25 th Representative District Makiki - Tantalus - McCully - Papakolea Your name and contact information are optional, but by providing this information I will be able to stay in touch and return a summary of the survey responses to you. Name: Phone: Address: E-Mail Address: (1) What are the top five (5) priority i ssues facing the State in the coming ye ar? Please rank the following important issues from 1 to 5, with 1 being t he most important to you and your family. Agriculture/Land use planning Environmental resource protection Public infrastructure Economy Government reform Public safety Education Health care Social services Energy self-sufficiency Housing Other: (2) Creating new jobs has become increasingly important to both the State of Hawaii and the nation. The following are different approaches the Legislature can take toward job creation. Do you favor or oppose the foll owing app roaches? Please check one response. (a) Tax credits for new jobs Strongly Oppose Somewhat Oppose Don’t Know Somewhat Favor Strongly Favor (b) Reducing business taxes Strongly Oppose Somewhat Oppose Don’t Know Somewhat Favor Strongly Favor (c) Forming public-private partnerships Strongly Oppose Somewhat Oppose Don’t Know Somewhat Favor Strongly Favor (d) Reducing regulatory approval times Strongly Oppose Somewhat Oppose Don’t Know Somewhat Favor Strongly Favor (e) Offering tax cred its to targeted industries Strongly Oppose Somewhat Oppose Don’t Know Somewhat Favor Strongly Favor (3) A proposed ide a to create jobs faster is to temporarily wai ve certain government projects so building projects can be started sooner. Supporters say the tradeoff between jobs and reducing regulation temporarily is worth it. Opponents say re gulatory rules should always be maintained. Which do you prefer? Creating jobs faster by temporarily waiving regulations Maintaining government regulatory protections even if it delays job creation Don’t Know 

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(4) One government initiative is to decrease Hawaii’s use of imported oil and increase use of renewable

energy. For you and your family, this is (please check one response):

Very Important Somewhat Important Not Too Important Not Important At All

(5) Different proposals for speeding up Hawaii’s use of renewable energy have been considered by the

Legislature. Keeping in mind that clean or renewable energy may cost more in the short term, but that it

has long term benefits, do you favor or oppose the following proposals? Pleasecheck

one response.

(a) Make low interest loans to finance

solar improvements

Strongly

Oppose

Somewhat

Oppose

Don’t

Know

Somewhat

Favor

Strongly

Favor

(b) Renovate government facilities to

save energy and create jobs

Strongly

Oppose

Somewhat

Oppose

Don’t

Know

Somewhat

Favor

Strongly

Favor

(c) Speed up approvals of energy

efficient projects

Strongly

Oppose

Somewhat

Oppose

Don’t

Know

Somewhat

Favor

Strongly

Favor

(d) Require local biofuels to be used in

gas blend

Strongly

Oppose

Somewhat

Oppose

Don’t

Know

Somewhat

Favor

Strongly

Favor

(e) Develop and utilize alternative

resources (including wind,

geothermal, and wave)

Strongly

Oppose

Somewhat

Oppose

Don’t

Know

Somewhat

Favor

Strongly

Favor

(f) Approve private undersea cable

between the islands

Strongly

Oppose

Somewhat

Oppose

Don’t

Know

Somewhat

Favor

Strongly

Favor

Please comment on any of the survey questions asked or any other concerns or questions you may have:

Please return to:

Representative Della Au Belatti 

State House of Representatives

State Capitol, Room 331

Honolulu, HI 96813

Email: [email protected]  

Fax: (808)586-9431